Im really lucky. I wake up in the morning,make people laugh and go to sleep, says stand-up comedian Aditi Mittal. While the business of comedy is booming,not many women have taken centrestage. A year-and-a-half ago,when I returned after studying theatre in the US,stand-up comedy was just taking off in India. I attended an open mic nite and decided to give it a shot. At most,the crowd would have hated me, she says. But they did not,and Mittal instead decided to make a career out of comedy. Now a part of The Cardinal Bengans group by Vir Dass comedy company,Weirdass Comedy,Mittal feels its the first 30 seconds of an act that matter the most. Thats when the audience decides if they are going to watch you or not, she says. There have been times when she has been booed at,but she remains unfazed.